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Morning

作者: Paul Wright
last update 公開日: 2026-05-09 03:15:38

LEO

By seven a.m. the arena support building had become something resembling a command center.

Juno had set up on the main table. Rafe was coordinating Vorne's formal processing with Soren's people. Two Rebellion medics had arrived to assess the remaining Greywood facility staff. Commander Voss was being transported in for his testimony recording.

I sat in a chair in the corner and didn't move for eleven minutes.

That was all I could afford.

Wren sat across from me. She'd found coffee somewhere
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